Legal Opinion
Ripplinger v. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1989No. 87-2501PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, Mary Beth Ripplinger and other owners of video stores, adult theatres, and bookstores, appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Thomas Collins, the Maricopa County Attorney [hereinafter the “state” or “Collins”]. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and in-junctive relief, claiming the Arizona obscenity regulation scheme is unconstitutional on its face. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
BACKGROUND
In the spring of 1986, the Arizona legislature enacted a new obscenity statute. The new statute altered the definition of “appeal to the…
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